Gradual Deterioration Of Cooling Capability; Data Loss Or Serial Violation; Error Occurs At Computer Powerup; Ethernet Network Is Not Accessible - Princeton Instruments PI-MAX 3 System Manual

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ten minutes. Although the thermo-protection switch will protect the camera, you are
nevertheless advised to power down and correct the operating conditions that caused
the thermal-overload to occur.

Gradual Deterioration of Cooling Capability

While unlikely with the PI-MA3 camera (guaranteed permanent vacuum for the life of
the camera), if you see a gradual deterioration of the cooling capability, it might due to
damaged camera vacuum. This can affect temperature performance such that it may be
impossible to achieve temperature lock at the lowest temperatures. In the kind of
applications for which cooled CCD cameras are so well suited, it is highly desirable to
maintain the system's lowest temperature performance because lower temperatures result
in lower thermal noise and better the signal-to-noise ratio. Contact the factory to make
arrangements for returning the camera to the support facility.

Data Loss or Serial Violation

You may experience either or both of these conditions if the host computer has been set
up with Power Saving features enabled. This is particularly true for power saving with
regard to the hard drive. Make sure that Power Saving features are disabled while you are
running WinView/32 or WinSpec/32.

Error Occurs at Computer Powerup

If an error occurs at boot up, either the Interface is not installed properly or there is an
address or interrupt conflict. Turn off the computer, try a new address or interrupt and
reinstall the card. Be sure the Interface is firmly mounted in the slot.
Caution
Since interrupts and DMA channels cannot be shared, make sure no other boards in your
computer use this interrupt or these DMA channels.
one and reports the address and interrupt assignments for that one as well. In a few

Ethernet Network is not accessible

When the Princeton Instruments software is installed, all Intel Pro/1000 interface card
drivers found on the host computer are updated with the Intel Pro/1000 Grabber Adapter
(Vision High-Performance IP Device) driver provided by Pleora Technologies, Inc. If
this computer is connected to an Ethernet network via an Intel Pro/1000 card that does
not use the Pleora driver, the network connection will be broken.
To restore the driver for the Ethernet card that is used to connect to the network:
1. Locate the EbDriverTool.exe file.
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2. Run the file.
3. When this program executes, select the appropriate Ethernet card and under the
Action category, choose "Install Manufacturer Driver" from the pulldown menu.
PI-MAX
Download the EbDriverTool.exe file to your computer from
ftp://ftp.princetoninstruments.com/public/software/official/winx32/v2525/patches
Or open the default Pleora directory. Typically it is located at C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Pleora Technologies Inc. The EbDriverTool.exe file may
be in a subdirectory.
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